Ilan Ramon

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Israeli Air Force officer astronaut fighter pilot human

Ilan Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut, a payload specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107.

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instanceOf Israeli Air Force officer ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ
fighter pilot ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Nahalal Military Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath Columbia disaster ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

aeronautic accident ⓘ
child Assaf Ramon ⓘ
commemoratedBy Haifa Airport ⓘ
surface form: Ilan Ramon Airport

Ramon Crater Visitor Center ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Israel ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1954-06-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2003-02-01 ⓘ
educatedAt Tel Aviv University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Ramon ⓘ
fieldOfStudy electronics and computer engineering ⓘ
givenName Ilan ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
militaryBranch Israeli Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
notableAchievement first Israeli astronaut ⓘ
notableFor carrying a miniature Torah scroll from a Holocaust survivor on STS-107 ⓘ
observing kosher dietary laws in space ⓘ
notableWork STS-107 ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
participantIn STS-107 ⓘ
STS-107 ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107
placeOfBirth Israel ⓘ
Ramat Gan ⓘ
placeOfDeath Texas ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
positionHeld payload specialist ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
representedCountryInSpace Israel ⓘ
servedInWar 1982 Lebanon War ⓘ
surface form: Lebanon War

Yom Kippur War ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spaceMission STS-107 ⓘ
spouse Rona Ramon ⓘ
tookPartIn Operation Opera ⓘ
wasOnBoard Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ

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Columbia disaster → crewMember → Ilan Ramon ⓘ
STS-107 → crewMember → Ilan Ramon ⓘ
STS-107 → missionSpecialist → Ilan Ramon ⓘ
STS-107 → payloadSpecialist → Ilan Ramon ⓘ